Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone. – Patty Duke
I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o’clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning. – Patty Duke
No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing. – Patty Duke
For the first time, I lived alone… in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless. – Patty Duke
One of the reasons I survived as well as I did was my genetics. My mother and father both had very tough lives, and boy, were they survivors. – Patty Duke
I’ve survived. I’ve beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle. – Patty Duke
I’m going to be 58, and I’m a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill. – Patty Duke
I’m surviving a life-threatening illness. Many do not, such as those without celebrity and fortune who have to depend on the public healthcare system. – Patty Duke
When I’m 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I’m going to feel old or forget my younger days. – Patty Duke
I’ve gotten to the age where I’m comfortable with just about everything – except getting old! – Patty Duke
We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn’t, we’d go crazy. – Patty Duke
I’ve come to believe that whoever I am didn’t start on December 14, 1946, and isn’t going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future. – Patty Duke
It’s toughest to forgive ourselves. So it’s probably best to start with other people. It’s almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself. – Patty Duke